08-01-2019, 04:27 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-49165713
Facebook has announced a breakthrough in its plan to create a device that allows people to type just by thinking.
It has funded a study that developed machine-learning algorithms capable of turning brain activity into speech
It worked on epilepsy patients who had already had recording electrodes placed on their brains to asses the origins of their seizures, ahead of surgery.
Facebook hopes it will pave the way for a "fully non-invasive, wearable device" that can process 100 words per minute.
Researcher David Moses said: "It's important to keep in mind that we achieved this using a very limited vocabulary - but in future studies we hope to increase the flexibility as well as the accuracy of what we can translate from brain activity."
I think I can see how this is going to go:
1) User starts using thought-typing device;
2) While they're thinking, something deeply personal and private pops into the user's head;
3) The user's private thoughts appear on the screen;
4) By the time they erase the thought from the page, it's already made it into Facebook's data archive.
Yeah, I'm sure the technology will find some uses, but the last thing I want is Facebook having anything to do with it .
Facebook has announced a breakthrough in its plan to create a device that allows people to type just by thinking.
It has funded a study that developed machine-learning algorithms capable of turning brain activity into speech
It worked on epilepsy patients who had already had recording electrodes placed on their brains to asses the origins of their seizures, ahead of surgery.
Facebook hopes it will pave the way for a "fully non-invasive, wearable device" that can process 100 words per minute.
Researcher David Moses said: "It's important to keep in mind that we achieved this using a very limited vocabulary - but in future studies we hope to increase the flexibility as well as the accuracy of what we can translate from brain activity."
I think I can see how this is going to go:
1) User starts using thought-typing device;
2) While they're thinking, something deeply personal and private pops into the user's head;
3) The user's private thoughts appear on the screen;
4) By the time they erase the thought from the page, it's already made it into Facebook's data archive.
Yeah, I'm sure the technology will find some uses, but the last thing I want is Facebook having anything to do with it .
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